Of gesture and time
Moviment, chapter 7
Wed 14 – Sun 18 June 2023
© Archives Takesada Matsutani
Takesada Matsutani
Stream: the course of time
Visual arts Exhibition, performance
In the 1970s, Japanese artist Takesada Matsutani, who emerged from the Gutai movement, was best known for his paintings incorporating thick bulges, bubbles and folds of vinyl adhesive dripped on the canvas. With the Stream series, he adopted a new approach, embracing the philosophy of Zen: the infinite repetition of small pencil strokes on vast surfaces is like an act of contemplation that is very simple, yet remarkable in its persistence and ability to stretch time.
Takesada Matsutani was the subject of a major exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in 2019.
He returns for Moviment with two works, Stream-10 and Stream-87-P.
The installation of the former – a 10-metre work, displayed in full – will be completed in public in a performance by Matsutani, who will also "activate" the latter for the last time. With a slow flow of dripping ink Stream-87-P will evolve throughout the week, until the artist decides it has achieved its final form.
Continuous exhibition and screenings
Performances – Wednesday, 14 and Sunday, 18 June 2023
Guided tour – Sunday, 18 June 2023
Photo : © Ula Sickle
Ictus + Ula Sickle
Holding Present
Dance, Music Performance
A body joins another in motion. Another follows, and yet another. They build on each other. When do we perceive them as a multitude?
Inspired visually, lyrically and sound-wise by protest, Holding Present, a new collaboration between choreographer Ula Sickle and Ictus, the Brussels contemporary music ensemble, examines how an individual act can become a powerful collective movement. Weaving a network of existing and newly-commissioned compositions, a group of eight performers (four musicians and four dancers) slowly builds up a movement, a momentum, as they work toward the breaking point where individuals become a critical mass.
The performance also includes works by composers Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Didem Coskunseven and Stellan Veloce, with the musical instruments of the artist Gert Aertsen.
Performances – Friday, 16 to Sunday, 18 June 2023 – on reservation
Concept, choregraphy: Ula Sickle
Musical concept, direction: Tom Pauwels (Ictus)
Composers: Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Stellan Veloce, Didem Coskunseven (commande Ictus et Ircam-Centre Pompidou)
Electronics: Ircam, Augustin Muller (pour la pièce de Didem Coskunseven)
Original instruments: Gert Aertsen
Creation and performance: Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Marina Delicado, Marie Goudot, Ruben Martinez Orio, Michael Schmid, Mohamed Toukabri, Tom Pauwels, Ula Sickle
Lighting and sound: Ofer Smilansky
Scenography: Richard Venlet
Costumes: Wang Consulting
Production : Ictus & Outline
Co-commissioning of the play by Didem Coskunseven : Ircam-Centre Pompidou et Ictus
Coproduction : Ircam / Centre Pompidou, Concertgebouw Brugge, KWP (in Pianofabriek), Perpodium
With the support of Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government
Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts for its support
Wednesday, 14 June 2023 | |
| Continuous 11am-3pm | Performance Christian Falsnaes, First (2016) |
| Exhibition Takesada Matsutani : Stream | |
| 11:30am-12:30am | Performance Launch of Stream-87-P Finissage of the exhibition of Stream-10 |
| 12:30am-3pm | Screening Takesada Matsutani: In the Studio (2018), followed by the film of a performance at Hauser & Wirth Gallery, London (2013) |
| 3pm | Closing of the gallery 3 |
Friday, 16 June 2023 | |
| Continuous 11am-4:30pm | Performance Christian Falsnaes, First (2016) |
| Exhibition Takesada Matsutani : Stream | |
| Screening Takesada Matsutani: In the Studio (2018), followed by the film of his performance at Centre Pompidou on June 14, 2023 | |
| 4:30pm-6pm | Closing of the gallery 3 |
| 6:30pm-8pm 9pm-10:30pm | Performance Ula Sickle + Ictus, Holding Present |
Saturday, 17 June 2023 | |
| Continuous 11am-4:30pm | Performance Christian Falsnaes, First (2016) |
| Exhibition Takesada Matsutani : Stream | |
| Screening Takesada Matsutani: In the Studio (2018), followed by the film of his performance at Centre Pompidou on June 14, 2023 | |
| 4:30-6pm | Closing of the gallery 3 |
| 6:30pm-8pm 9pm-10:30pm | Performance Ula Sickle + Ictus, Holding Present |
Sunday, 18 June 2023 | |
| Continuous 11am-3pm | Performance Christian Falsnaes, First (2016) |
| Exhibition Takesada Matsutani : Stream | |
| Screening Takesada Matsutani: In the Studio (2018), followed by the film of his performance at Centre Pompidou on June 14, 2023 | |
| 11:30am-12:30am | Guided tour Tour of the "Takesada Matsutani: Stream" exhibition In the exceptional presence of the artist, who will create a work in public on this occasion with Laetitia Pesenti and Francois Nawrocki (Centre Pompidou) |
| 3pm-4:30pm | Closing of the gallery 3 |
| 5pm-6:30pm 7:30pm-9pm | Performance Ula Sickle + Ictus, Holding Present |
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